Re: IML: Chrysler and the Fed's

["Bill Watson" <wwatson5@xxxxxxxxx>]

The Edsel had an electrically operated button system located in the centre
of the steering wheel in 1958 only.

Packard had electric-controlled pushbuttons in 1956 located in a pod at the
end of the transmssion lever.   The buttons were gone for 1957, although S-P
could have adopted push buttons to the 1957 or 1958 Packard as their
Flight-o-matic transmission was built by Borg-Warner, who also built the
same transmssions for Ford and Rambler.

The 1957 and 1958 Mercury used B-W transmissions with a dual-cable
pushbutton system - it had a park sprag and cable.  The buttons were located
on the lower left side of the dash with the park sprag controlled by a type
of toggle panel.  The same system was used by Rambler from 1958 to 1962 on
the Six, Classic, Rebel and Ambassador models,  as did the Canadian-built
1957 Monarch.

Even the Renault Dauphine offered a push-button automatic in the early
1960's.

As to Chrysler's dash mounted turn signal lever,  the 1960-1962 Chryslers
used that system for the same reason they offered a floor-shift 3-speed
manual transmission and not a column shift.  With that fabulous Astrodome
instrument cluster there was no room on the column for any kind of a lever.

Bill
Vancouver, BC





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